Re: Small Talk
 

Yikes!

Declaration of Militant Therapy to Man
 

Dear Man:

The mighty nation of Pythium is famed far and wide for its generosity. Recognizing the onerous task involved in managing provinces, we propose to relieve you of this task by means of reorganizing the distribution of security forces along our shared border. By thus reformatting the political alignments of the local terrain, we hope to enact mutually beneficial developments, as the renovation of the religious structures in that vicinity will introduce somewhat superior scales. These happy developments shouldn't trouble your nation, but as we know, change may lead to anxiety in some cases. Thus, our legionnaires have volunteered to introduce you to their excellent therapy devices, which will enable you to relax in a once in a lifetime fashion- just ask any bakemeno you see! It's so relaxing, that only a few turns ago we nearly succumbed to a deluge of bakemeno seeking to take part in our revolutionary methods, but our therapy forces were able to deal with it, just as they may deal with any stressed individuals you send our way.

Needless to say, given the generosity of our offer, we felt compelled to allow you to take part in it as soon as possible, and have therefore already initiated the first steps of this marvelous program.

OOC: If I had an NAP from man, and didn't know it, I apologize. I trawled through my pms, and couldn't find one, and don't remember receiving in game messages from man, either.

Re: Declaration of Militant Therapy to Man
 

There was no NAP.

You're probably going to win but you're going to lose those armies you sent down in the process.

I never had a chance in this game, the only province with any decent income is my capital. Everything around me is either swamp or forest.

Re: Declaration of Militant Therapy to Man
 

Eh, I had to expand south because my income is as bad as yours- forests and mountains, with a couple swamps. If I had the choice, I wouldn't be going against you- I don't relish fighting the longbow-knight armies that man always seems to field.

Re: Declaration of Militant Therapy to Man
 

Yeah, that's exactly what's going to smash into you. We'll probably end up taking each other out.

Re: Declaration of Militant Therapy to Man
 

Not if me and R'lyeh are fighting each other until the end of time. I think you could have five men left alive, and we'd be to busy throwing spells at each other to go out of our way and conquer you.

And if you'd attacked one of us, who knows what would happen. You'd have R'lyeh expanding all the way up the western edge of the map with the world's highest gem income, or you'd have me moving my decrepit mages and golems oh so so slowly southward behind an easily defended mountain range. While a turtle or snail passes me in traffic.

Re: Declaration of Militant Therapy to Man
 

Oh come on Lazy Perfectionist, you have the pretty much the same gem income as i do and your recruitable troops are way better than mine on the land.
I just wonder whether you'll move before i Mind Hunt most of your commanders to death ;P

Anyway, i'm happy that you (Pythium and Man) decided to duke it out between yourselves, one on one wars are usually fun while i assume no one likes to be gangbanged http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

RE: 2400 gold down the drain.
 

Damn. Why the hell can't I 'continue construction' on the damn fort? Now I've lost 2400 gold as my builder has been remotely assassinated twice, and can't have two guys work on it simultaneously without paying double.

Also, attack me already, R'lyeh. Apparently, a Lead Shield isn't a reliable antidote to Mind Hunts. And I'm not getting a fort up, ever, dammit.

Re: RE: 2400 gold down the drain.
 

I'd prefer to attack you after all your commanders are killed ;P

As for Lead Shields, they just about cancel penetration items on my casters. It was a big investment to set up those (30 gems per caster or so) so i'd say Lead Shield work quite well.

What's definitely helps me is magic +3 dominion though.

Re: RE: 2400 gold down the drain.
 

To atlantis: Go ahead and keep the province. However, next time you plan on attacking a province which is directly adjacent to another player's army, when said army has been steamrolling in that direction and that is the only province left, try to make sure that your intentions are known. If you did mean that as an act of war, I'd like it if you said so. If you didn't, I'd like it if you said so, and had just warned me ahead of time. Nobody likes to lose 40 vestals for no gain.

Otherwise:

It appears that ermor plans on stalling. Again.